Kansas has a population of 2.91M people with a median age of 36.5 and a median household income of $54,935. Between 2015 and 2016 the population of Kansas stayed from 2.91M to 2.91M, a 0.15% change and its median household income grew from $53,906 to $54,935, a 1.91% increase.

The population of Kansas is 76.2%White, 11.6%Hispanic, and 5.54%Black. 11.7% of the people in Kansas speak a non-English language, and 95.7% are U.S. citizens.

The median property value in Kansas is $144,900, and the homeownership rate is 65.7%. Most people in Kansas commute by Drove Alone, and the average commute time is 18.5 minutes. The average car ownership in Kansas is 2 cars per household.

Median household income in Kansas is $54,935. Males in Kansas have an average income that is 1.38 times higher than the average income of females, which is $42,968. The income inequality of Kansas (measured using the Gini index) is 0.465 which is lower than the national average.

Households in Kansas have a median annual income of $54,935, which is less than the median annual income in the United States. This is in comparison to a median income of $53,906 in 2015, which represents a 1.91% annual growth. Look at the chart to see how the median household income in Kansas compares to that in the United States.

In 2016, the income inequality in Kansas was 0.465 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.75% decline from 2015 to 2016, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even.

The 2016GINI for Kansas is lower than the national average of 0.485. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Kansas in comaprison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in various wage buckets compared to the national average.

12.1% of the population in Kansas (2.83M people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 14%. The largest demographic living in poverty is Female 18-24, followed by Male 18-24 and then Female 25-34.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Kansas is White, followed by Hispanic or Latino and Black or African American.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

From 2015 to 2016, employment in Kansas grew at a rate of 0.31%, from 1.37M employees to 1.38M employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Kansas, are Elementary & secondary schools, Construction, and Restaurants & Food Services. This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Kansas, though some of these residents may live in Kansas and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Insurance and Medicare coverage combined with state and county level health and safety statistics for Kansas. In Kansas the age groups most likely to have health care coverage are 6-17 and 6-17, men and women, respectively. The location has a 1 to 75 primary care clinician to patient ratio and a Medicare reimbursement average per patient per year of $9,517. Wyandotte County, KS has the highest prevalence of homicides of any county in Kansas.

Kansas residents 6-17 years of age are the largest age group with Healthcare Coverage in Kansas. The age groups most likely to have health care coverage are 6-17 and 6-17, for men and women respectively. Nationally, 6-17 (for men) and 6-17 (for women) are the age groups most likely to have coverage.

Medicare Reimbursements per Enrollee in Kansas were $9,517 in 2014, but $9,340 in 2013. These numbers represent a 1.9% growth during that year. Medicare Reimbursements per Enrollee in Kansas are $$71 less than the national average.

Medicare is a Federal program which provides health benefits to older Americans. This chart shows how per enrollee amounts have changed in Kansas compared to national reimburesments.

In 2014, the Medicare enrollees in Kansas between the ages of 65 and 75 had 26,713 eye exams, 31,821 hemoglobin tests, and 27,561 lipid tests as part of their diabetes care. Here is a breakdown of each test by race as a percentage of enrollees with diabetes.

In 2014, out of the 26,965 women in Kansas between the ages of 67 and 69 enrolled in medicare, 16,988 had mammograms. This chart looks at the change in percentage of Black and non-Black Medicare enrollees who had mammograms from 2010 to 2014.

West Virginia has a Opioid Overdose Death Rate (Age-Adjusted) value of 43.4, followed by New Hampshire with 35.8 and Ohio with 32.9. The following map shows all of the states colored according to their Opioid Overdose Death Rate (Age-Adjusted).

According to the 2017 County Health Rankings, Montgomery County, KS has a Diabetes Prevalence value of 14.3%, the highest value of any county in Kansas. This represents a 21.2% growth from the previous year, which had a value of 11.8%.

The following map shows all of the counties in Kansas colored according to their Diabetes Prevalence.

According to the 2017 County Health Rankings, Geary County, KS has a Adult Smoking Prevalence of 22%, the highest value of any county in Kansas. This represents a 8.37% growth from the previous year, which had a value of 20.3%.

The following map shows all of the counties in Kansas colored according to their Adult Smoking Prevalence.

According to the 2017 County Health Rankings, Wyandotte County, KS has a Homicide Deaths per 100,000 People of 16.6, the highest rate of any county in Kansas. This represents a 0% growth from the previous year, which had a value of 16.6.

The following map shows all of the counties in Kansas colored according to the number of Homicide Deaths per 100,000 People.

Kansas is home to a population of 2.91M people, from which 95.7% are citizens. The ethnic composition of the population of Kansas is composed of 2.22MWhite residents (76.2%), 336,909Hispanic residents (11.6%), 161,027Black residents (5.54%), 89,231Two+ residents (3.07%), and 79,100Asian residents (2.72%). The most common foreign languages in Kansas are Spanish (201,948 speakers), Vietnamese (13,747 speakers), and German (11,420 speakers), but compared to other places, Kansas has a relative high number of Laotian (3,437 speakers), German (11,420 speakers), and Vietnamese (13,747 speakers).

In 2016, the median age of all people in Kansas was 36.5. Native-born citizens, with a median age of 35.9, were generally younger than foreign-born citizens, with a median age of 40.2. But people in Kansas are getting getting older. In 2015, the average age of all Kansas residents was 36.2.

In 2016, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Kansas was Mexico, the natal country of 87,595 Kansas residents, followed by Germany with 12,744 and Vietnam with 10,887.

When compared to other states, Kansas has a relatively high number of residents that were born in Paraguay. In 2016, there were 541 people from Paraguay living in Kansas, approximately 3.07 times more than would be expected based on national averages.

As of 2016, 95.7% of Kansas residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93%. In 2015, the percentage of US citizens in Kansas was 95.6%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been growing in that location.

The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in Kansas compared to it's parent geographies.

In 2016, there were 6.58 times more White residents (2.22M people) in Kansas than any other race or ethnicity. There were 336,909Hispanic and 161,027Black residents, the second and third most common racial or ethnic groups.

The following bar chart shows the 8 races and ethnicities represented in Kansas as a share of the total population.

304,369 of Kansas citizens are speakers of a non-English language, which is lower than the national average of 21.6%. In 2015, the most common non-English language spoken in Kansas was Spanish. 6.95% of the overall population of Kansas are native Spanish speakers. 0.47% speak Vietnamese and 0.39% speak German, the next two most common languages.

When compared to other states, Kansas has a relatively high number of residents that are native Laotian speakers. In 2015, there were 3,437 native Laotian speakers living in Kansas, approximately 2.57 times more than would be expected based on the language's frequency in the US more broadly.

In 2015 universities in Kansas awarded 51,858 degrees. The student population of Kansas is skewed towards females, with 20,946 male students and 30,912 female students. Most students in Kansas are White (36,029 and 69.5%), followed by Hispanic or Latino (3,653 and 7.04%), Black or African American (3,343 and 6.45%), and Unknown (2,338 and 4.51%). The largest universities in Kansas by number of graduates are University of Kansas (6,682 and 12.9%), Kansas State University (5,585 and 10.8%), and Johnson County Community College (3,373 and 6.5%). The most popular majors in Kansas are General Business Administration & Management (1,521 and 2.93%), Registered Nursing (1,225 and 2.36%), and Elementary Education & Teaching (858 and 1.65%). The median tuition costs in Kansas are $26,550 for private four year colleges, and $9,012 and $23,913 respectively, for public four year colleges for in-state students and out-of-state students.

In 2015 the majority of students graduating from institutions in Kansas were White. These 36,029 graduates mean that there were 9.9 times more White graduates than the next closest race/ethnicity group, Hispanic or Latino, with 3,653 graduates.

The median property value in Kansas is $144,900, which is 0.71 times smaller than the national average of $205,000. Between 2015 and 2016 the median property value increased from $141,200 to $144,900, a 2.62% increase. The homeownership rate of Kansas is 65.7%, which is higher than the national average of 63.1%. People in Kansas have an average commute time of 18.5 minutes, and they commute by Drove Alone. Car ownership in Kansas is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$54,935

Median Household Income

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1.11M

Number of Households

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In 2016, the median household income of the 1.11M households in Kansas grew to $54,935 from the previous year's value of $53,906.

The following chart displays the households in Kansas distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75-$100k range.

In 2016, the median property value in Kansas grew to $144,900 from the previous year's value of $141,200.

The following charts display, first, the property values in Kansas compared to other geographies and, second, owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property value buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Kansas the largest share of households have a property value in the $150k-$175k range.

This chart shows the households in Kansas distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Kansas the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

The following chart displays the households in Kansas distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Kansas have 2 cars, followed by 3 cars.

Using averages, employees in Kansas have a shorter commute time (18.5 minutes) than the normal US worker (25.3 minutes). Additionally, 1.15% of the workforce in Kansas have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows the average travel time in Kansas compared to the United States.